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unusual facts about Langenfeld, Mayen-Koblenz


Langenfeld

Langenfeld, Mayen-Koblenz, in the Mayen-Koblenz district of Rhineland-Palatinate


1976 German Grand Prix

Lauda had suffered serious burns and was rushed by helicopter to the Bundeswehr hospital in Koblenz; from there he was flown to the Trauma Clinic in Ludwigshafen, home to Germany's most advanced burn ward at the time, where he fought for his life for the next few days.

6th SS Mountain Division Nord

The Division remained on the western front after the Nordwind offensive, fighting the Americans around Trier and Koblenz on the Moselle River in March before going into 7th Army's reserve in April.

Afghan German Management College

It was established at the beginning of 2006 in the German city of Koblenz.

Alexander Mohr

Mohr commenced his formal artistic instruction in 1905 in Koblenz, Germany under the tutelage of German expressionist William Straube (1871–1954), who was a student of Henri Matisse.

Axel Voss

After a traineeship at the Supreme Provincial Court of Appeal in Koblenz he finished his second Staatsexamen specialising on European law and international relations.

Bavarian R 3/3

It was damaged during the great fire on 17 October 2005 at Nuremberg and is being restored in Koblenz.

Bonn-Bad Godesberg station

Platform track 1 is served by regular regional trains to the south (Koblenz and on to Mainz).

Brownmillerite

The naturally occurring mineral form of the compound was first recognized in 1964 for occurrences in the Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen-Koblenz, Germany.

Daniel Hünten

Daniel Hünten (1? September 1760 in Treis-Karden — 1 April 1823 in Koblenz) was a German organist, guitarist and composer.

Edward John Payne

In 1899 Payne married Emma Leonora Helena Pertz, the elder daughter of Major Pertz of Holt, Norfolk, and of Koblenz, Prussia, and they set up home at Holywell Lodge, Wendover, Buckinghamshire.

Feldjäger

The dogs are first trained to be patrol dogs and then as sniffer dogs at the Bundeswehr MWD school in Koblenz.

Fell Exhibition Slate Mine

A non-stop video presentation illustrates modern state-of-the-art slate mining in Europe (length approx. 12 minutes) taking place in the Rathscheck slate mine near Mayen.

Giso IV, Count of Gudensberg

Giso IV acquired considerable possessions and bailiwicks via her, mostly in the Werra area, the Upper Lahngau and on the Rhine — among these were the advocatus positions over Hersfeld Abbey and the St. Florins church in Koblenz.

Gomolzig Flugzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbH

Gomolzig is a German aircraft and engineering manufacturer based in Schwelm, Koblenz and Breitscheid, that services and has built under license a variety of powered and glider aircraft.

Guckheim

Lying roughly 35 km east of Koblenz, halfway between the agglomerations of Frankfurt am Main and Cologne, Guckheim has at its disposal a good transport infrastructure with the new InterCityExpress stations in Montabaur and Limburg an der Lahn, the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt; interchange at Diez/Nentershausen) and Bundesstraßen 8 and 255, all found nearby.

Gunderath

The municipality lies 12 km from Daun and 20 km from Mayen in the Vulkaneifel, a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth.

Heinrich Pickel

He was elected chairman of the CDU district (Mayen) in 1951 and was a member of the District Board and the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1947 to 1963.

Hep-Hep riots

The riots swept through other Bavarian towns and villages, then spread to Bamberg, Bayreuth, Darmstadt, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Frankfurt, Koblenz, Cologne and other cities along the Rhine, and as far north as Bremen, Hamburg, and Lübeck.

Herringfleet

Herringfleet was occupied by the Roman Empire, and archaeologists have made a number of finds, including a Roman bronze 'patera', a 'soup ladle' vessel with the maker's name 'Quattenus' on the handle, and a Roman nether mill-stone of trachyte, originally imported from Saxony or Koblenz on the Rhine.

Johannes Haw

He was chaplain in the parish of Our Lady in Koblenz, vicar in Holz in Heusweiler (Saar) and later parish priest in Wintersdorf in Ralingen on the Sauer.

Josef Friedrich Matthes

In October 1923 he and his supporters seized the city of Koblenz in a putsch, founding the Rhenish Republic with Matthes as its leader.

Joseph Kürschner

Joseph Kürschner (born in Gotha, 20 September 1853; died on a journey to Huben, 29 July 1902) was a German author and editor most often cited for his critical edition of classics from German literature.

Kalenborn-Scheuern

Bundesstraße 410 (PrümMayen) lies some 6 km to the south, and Bundesstraße 421 (StadtkyllDaun) at the same distance to the northeast.

Klingnau

Klingnau became the seat of an outer district that included Koblenz, Siglistorf, Mellstorf, Döttingen and Zurzach.

Koblenz, Switzerland

Koblenz station is served by Zurich S-Bahn line S41, which links Winterthur and Waldshut, and Aargau S-Bahn line S27, which links Baden and Koblenz, with alternate trains continuing to either Waldshut or Bad Zurzach.

Langenfeld

Langenfeld, Bavaria, in the Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim district of Mittelfranken, Bavaria

Lorch, Hesse

There is a connection to the Autobahn “cross” at Mainz (A 61/A 60, Cologne/Koblenz/Ludwigshafen) across the Wiesbaden-Schierstein bridge over the Rhine; and by way of the Rhine ferries at Lorch and Kaub to the on-ramps at Laudert and Rheinböllen (about 15 km).

Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst

Other museums and institutions bearing the name Ludwig are located in Bamberg, Basel, Budapest, Koblenz, Cologne, Oberhausen, Saarlouis, Beijing, St. Petersburg, Vienna and Havana.

Lutz-Michael Harder

Lutz-Michael Harder (born 1951, Langenfeld/Długoszyn near Küstrin) is a German lyric tenor known mostly for his interpretation of Mozart opera roles and as a baroque concert soloist.

Max Ackermann

To mark his 80th birthday in 1967, one-man shows were held at the Mittelrhein Museum in Koblenz and other galleries in Kaiserslautern, Friedrichshafen and Lake Constance.

Max Bruch

Bruch had a long career as a teacher, conductor and composer, moving among musical posts in Germany: Mannheim (1862–1864), Koblenz (1865–1867), Sondershausen, (1867–1870), Berlin (1870–1872), and Bonn, where he spent 1873–78 working privately.

Montabaur station

This envisaged a right bank route taking a sharp curve from Dernbach through a tunnel and a bridge over the Rhine to Koblenz before taking another a sharp curve back over another Rhine crossing to a purely right bank route to Frankfurt.

Neuwied–Koblenz railway

This runs hourly between Cologne Hauptbahnhof and Koblenz Hauptbahnhof, some starting at Rommerskirchen station or Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof, and leaves the Right Rhine line at Neuwied station.

Norwich Twenty Group

It has built up strong links with Norwich's twin cities in Europe and now holds joint exhibitions with Novi Sad in Serbia, Rouen in France and Koblenz in Germany.

Oloff Johannes Truter

Oloff Johannes Truter (Cape Town, 7 August 1829 – Koblenz, Germany, 29 August 1881) was a South African civil servant in the Orange Free State, miner, Landdrost and Acting Government Secretary.

Operation Lumberjack

If successful, Lumberjack would capture Cologne, secure the Koblenz sector, and bring the 12th Army Group to the Rhine in the entire area north of the Moselle River.

Ötztal

The Ötztal consists of five municipalities (from north to south): Sautens, Oetz, Umhausen, Längenfeld, and Sölden.

Pasym

In 1386 this settlement was renamed Passenheim after the Teutonic Knight Heinrich Walpot von Passenheim from modern Bassenheim near Koblenz.

Reich Bride Schools

However, in 2013, Nazi-era documentation about the schools was discovered in the German federal archives in Koblenz, including a rule book containing details of the oaths that brides had to swear and the certificates awarded to them at the end of their courses.

Rietheim, Aargau

Since 1876 it was given a railroad station and connected to the Koblenz-Winterthur line.

Spee

Friedrich Spee (Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld), a German Jesuit and author of Cautio Criminalis

Turgi–Koblenz–Waldshut railway line

It was proposed that the line would form an access route to a railway through the Splügen Pass or the Lukmanier Pass.

Ueß

In 1482, the Burgmann at the Nürburg (castle) was Michael von Ringelbach, who in 1485 sold a meadow to Peter von Esch, the Schultheiß at Mayen.

Will Lammert

After the war he attended the College of Ceramics in Höhr, near Koblenz.

Wirscheid

The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Altenkirchen in the Kannenbäckerland (“Jug Bakers’ Land”, a small region known for its ceramics industry).

Wupper

The writer of the song was Gus Kahn who was born in Koblenz, about 100 kilometres from the Wupper Valley and might have known this saying.


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